Health Improvement Strategy
Play Hard, Live Clean
https://mygarrettcounty.com/groups/play-hard-live-clean/
Goal:
Prevent underage initiation of substance abuse in Garrett County.
Strategy Description:
Play Hard, Live Clean is a campaign that is designed to encourage youth to make good choices by recognizing and rewarding them for certain positive lifestyle accomplishments from kindergarten through graduation.
Level of Change:
Programs
Primary Focus Area:
Behavioral Health: including Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Data Category Tag:
GCHD Health Education and Outreach
Strategic Planning Alignment:
Estimated Implementation Date:
2017-12-08
Estimated Completion Date:
2025-12-31
Estimated Ease of Implementation:
Moderate
Estimated Cost of Implementation:
Low
Potential Community Benefit:
High
Research:
Based on the Wait21 campaign: https://wait21.org/ and research that demonstrated that if a young person arrives at age 21 prior to smoking, abusing alcohol, or using drugs, they are virtually certain never to do so. (Winters, K. C., & Arria, A. (2011). Adolescent Brain Development and Drugs. The Prevention Researcher, 18(2), 21–24.)
